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,s. n. u'An'n'ls, FASTENING DEVI C E. Armcmdn FILED mu: :5. ma.

Patented May 6, 1919.

SAM H. HARRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

rnsrnirme DEVICE.

A Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application filed June 25, 1918. Serial No. 241,730.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM H. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Inn rovement in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to fasten in devices which may be used to detachabIy hold in lightor rain-excluding position, for example, the curtains of automobilcs or the like. While, of course, the devices of my invention are not limited to their use as curtain fasteners, it is to be understood that they find particularly useful ap plication in this connection.

It is one of the objects of the resent invention to provide in devices of t e general character indicated, such a construction and arrangement of parts as will render the engagement and dlsengagement of the fasteners easy and convenient. It is also an object of my invention to generally improve the construction of devices o'f'this character so as torender' the same more efiicient and certain in operation.- These and other objects will be in art apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter.

For purposes of illustration I have, in the accompanying drawings, shown a referred embodiment of my invention, and t erein Figure 1 is a plan view showin the fastener embodying my invention an applied to and in lace on a curtain for automobiles and the li e;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the fastener being apphed;

ig. 3' is a side view showing the fastener applied;

l ig. 4 is a plan view of the rear of the fastener as applied to a curtain, for exam le.

he fastener comprises, broadly, a catch member l and a cooperating spring member 2; While either the: catch member or the spring member may be attached to thebody S of the automobile or-the' like, and the remainingxmember attached to the curtain 4:, fonexample, I prefer, for greaterease of manipulation, to. apply the catch member 1 to the car body 3. andthe spring member 2 to the curtain The catch member 1 compriseapreferably,

a base portion 5 through which pass the screws or other fastening means 6 which serve to attach the catch member 1 to the car or similar body or support 3. Attached to the base portion 5, preferably by being made It is ofcourse apparent that the portions 9 and 10 may be interchanged with a.c'onsequent inversion of the spring member 2, although I prefer to arrangethe parts as illustrated. f The spring member 2 comprises, in a preferred form,'the spring element 12 and the retainer element 13. The spring element 12 consists, preferably, of a piece of spring 'metal, preferably in the form of a substantially flat leaf spring 14:, which may be associated with the reinforcing frame or member 15 for a purpose subsequently to be described. For increased ease in manufacturing these parts, I prefer to stamp the partsM and 15 of a single piece of spring metal; In order to render more convenient the application of the spring member 2W0 the catch member 1, I prefer to form a' small loop 16 at the end of thespring 1 4, The retainer element 13-h-as formed therein a lbngitutlinal slot 17 substantially coincida ing with the slot 18 of the spring element 12 and the slot 19 of the curtain orsi-milar device 4%. Attached to the element '13-, preferably by being made integral therewith, are the 'ears-or lugs 20; Thespringelement 12 is placed on the inside of the curtainy l with.

the spring :litextending upwardly, and the slots 18: and '19: substantially coinciding. The retaincrIelement, preferablymadeof easily bendable metal, is now applied to the outside of the curtain 4, the ears 20*being,

for this purpose, bent so, as to be 'substaw tially at right angles to the plane of the retainer element 13, and the slot 17 coinciding with the slpts T8 and 19. The-ears '20 are now caused to penetrate the material of the curtain 4 and are then bent, as shown, so as to embrace and hold "in position tl i'e spring element 12. h

In use the device may be maniplilatedas follows: The curtain or other part 4 carrymg -meaning member 2 is drawn so that the spring member 2 will be substantially in alinement with the cat'ch"membe'r 1. The

ring member 2 is now manipulated so that S A t the catch portion His made to enter'the slot in' the spring i'nen'i'liier 2, after which the spri 'irifeniber Q is, ivoted so that the spring 14 wilride .pastthe cam portion 10. The fastener is'reinovedfby reversing the motionsjust described for the application of the fastener. Due to the elongated, and preferably rectangular cross section of the shank portion 7, and the substantially similar character of the coinciding slots 17, 18 and 19, the spring member 2 cannot be rotated on the catch member 1. Furthermore the 'head portion 8 is so proportioned that it cannot'be withdrawn from the unobstructed portion -of the coinciding slots17, 18 and 19 without bein'g manipulated in the manner heretofore described, Accordingly, the fastenerjust described, constituting apreferred embodiment of myinvention, is efficient and certain in its action,

Itis, of course, .-to be understood that my inve titn is not to be limitedjtothe particular emb'Gdiment'shOWn and described.

What --I clai'm -is: 1. In a fastening device, a catch member comprising a shank portion of elongated cross-section, and a transverse'head portion attac -liedto said-shank portion and comprising a catch-member and acam member at the respective ends of said headfportion; in combination with a spring membercomprising supporting means provided with an elongated slot therein adapted to cooperate with said shank portion and its associated Head jportion, and a --spri;ng located within said' slotso :as to partially and yield-ingly obstruct ==the $aiii1e '2. Ina fastening'dvice, a catch member comprising-"phase portion, a shank portionof elongated cross-section attached to said baseportion, and a fimnsverse head. Sportion attached said shank portion and'compris ing a catch portion and a cam portion at the, respective-ends :of said head portion; incombinatibn with a I spring member comprisin'gsupporti-ng means providedw-i'th an elem gatedslottliemin adapted to coiiperatewith said-shank and its associated head portion, and a s rin ="locat'ed within said 1 Slot S0 QLStDEpM'tiQHyaIKd yielding-1y obstruct I 3-. In a-fistening a catch comprising a shank portion of substantially rectangular cross section, and a transverse head portion attached tofsaid shank portion and comprising a catch member and a cam member at the respective ends of said head portion, in combination with a spring memc1: comprising supporting means provided with elongated slot therein adapted to "cooperate with said shank portion and its associated head portion, and a spmr nem berlocated within said slot so as to partially and yieldingly obstruct the same.

4. In a fastening device, a catch "member comprising ashank portion of substantially rectangular cross section, and a transverse head portion attached to said shankportion and comprising a catch member and a cam member at the respective ends of said head portion; in combination With a spring meanber comprising supporting means provided with an elongatedslot therein attached to cooperate with said shank portion and its associatedhead portion, and aspring member located within said slot so as to partially ,andvyieldingly obstruct the same.

5. In a fastening device, a catch member comprising a shank portion of elongated cross section, and a-transverse head portion attached to said "shank portion and comprising a catch member and a cam member-at the respective ends 'of said head portion; in combination with a spring membercompsising a reinforcing member providedwith an elongated slot therein adapted to cooperate with said shank portion and {its associated head portion, a substantiallyflat spring associated with said reinforcing frame and positioned so as to partially and yieldingly obstruct said slot, and a retainer member associated with said reinforcing member and having an opening thereinsubstantially corresponding to said slot.

6. Ina fastening device, a catch member comprising a base portion, a shank portion of elongated cross section attached to said baseportion, and a transverse head .por-

tion attached to said shank portion and'co'nr v 1 prising a catchportion and a cam portion at the respective ends of said head portion; in combination with a. spring'member comprising a reinforcing member provided with an'*-elongated--s1ot therein adapted to ooiipcrate with said shankiportion and its associated head portion, a substantially flat spring associated with said rein forei ng frame and positioned so "as to {partially and yieldinglyobstruclrsaid slot, and 'a retaining;

member associated with said reinforcing member and having an opening "therein substantially corresponding to said slot.v

*7. In a fastening device, a catch member comprisinga shank portion of elongatedcross section, and a transvrse'head :portion attached to said shank portion'and 'ar'qatehmem bei' and? cairn 'mefilier ds of sid head port? pr g m m co bvided ubstantiall L d reinforcingwf an PW partially and yieldin 1y pb Hilda retainer inem er "15h vsjmd reinfcrcing; membgsa ember being PI'0V1dBd"With at-N ate with lsal ciated head,

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